Kai Yu

7.4k citations

129 papers · 6.4k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Process Chemistry and Technology top 0.5%
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Catalysis top 0.5%

Papers in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 43
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 21
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 14
Catalysis 17
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions 12

Co-authors: Shik Chi Edman Tsang Shuangxi Liu Lan‐Lan Lou Joseph Gabriel Tong Li Chun Wong Aaron Chan Simon C. Jones Emmanuelle A. Marquis
Journals: Catalysis Letters (6 papers)Catalysis Today (5 papers)Catalysis Communications (5 papers)ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (4 papers)Chemical Engineering Journal (4 papers)
Partner nations: China United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Kai Yu

124 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Beyond LiF: Tailoring Li₂O-Dominated Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries 2024 · 157 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 ACS Nano
2024 ACS Catalysis
2023 Nature Communications
2011 Nature Nanotechnology
2008 ChemSusChem

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Effect of B-site doping on the chemical compatibility between La-doped SrTiO3 oxide anode and ScSZ electrolyte and the electrochemical performance of SOFC International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·仁青木, James R. Motl, 純子安部, Snehal Chavhan, د.عادل جودة عبد العزیز محمد, Kai Yu, Shujiang Geng	2026	0
2	Prediction of potential induced degradation for TOPCon PV modules working in field based on accelerated stress testing Solar Energy ·Zhiwei Li, Kai Yu, Le Wang, Pei Zhao, С А Стрижов, Jikui Zhang, Wei Xia, Yaokai Liu, Jinliang Gao, Lang Zhou	2025	1
3	Integrating PCA-PMF Models for SourceApportionment of Heavy Metals in UrbanRiver Soils: A Case Study of Suzhou, China Polish Journal of Environmental Studies ·Serafim A. Garanin, 筱陆, Kai Yu	2025	0
4	Regulating anion chemistry in electrolytes from molecular principles to interphases engineering for high energy batteries Science China Chemistry ·萩原義郷, Kai Yu, Syifa Noorwina, Hao Zhang, Feng Xu	2025	0
5	Cost-effective direct air capture by exceptionally active moisture swing sorption film Ching-Shu Yen, Chen Shen, Marissa Loosli, Yuxuan Zhang, Kai Yu, Tao Wang, Teresa Giuliano, Long Jiang	2025	1
6	Low‐Temperature Carbonization Synthesis of Sulfonic Group Dominated N/S Co‐Doped Carbon for High‐Performance Potassium‐Ion Batteries Small ·Yu Jiang, Nan Xiao, Xuedan Song, Kai Yu, Jieshan Qiu	2025	1
7	Photocatalytic Reduction of Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone on Non-noble Metal Bi₂S₃ Catalysts under Mild Reaction Conditions ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Ю. А. Кабирова, Weiping Yang, Carlo Cortellini, Mayara Martins da Silva, Hongli Suo, Peipei Ma, G Faggionato, J J Liu, Shuangxi Liu, Lanlan Lou, Kai Yu	2025	0
8	Ferroelectric polarization-electric field promoted S-scheme CdSe/BaxSr1-xTiO3 for highly efficient solar hydrogen evolution Separation and Purification Technology ·Katsuhiro Nakae, Han Yu, Nan Yang, Kai Yu	2024	2
9	Coal Tar Pitch Derived sp² Configuration‐Dominated Vacancy‐Rich Carbon with Expand Interlayer Spacing for Low‐Voltage, Durable, and Fast Potassium Storage Advanced Functional Materials ·Yu Jiang, Nan Xiao, Xuedan Song, Jian Xiao, Kai Yu, L. Benjamin Hills, Zhi‐Dong Lv, Jieshan Qiu	2024	24
10	High-performance lithium metal batteries enabled by a nano-sized garnet solid-state electrolyte modified separator Chemical Engineering Journal ·Kai Yu, 萩原義郷, Jun Ma, Yidong Jiang, Huiyun Li, Ludan Zhang, Qiangqiang Zhang, Xuyi Shan, Tingting Li, И.В. Жиркина, Hongli Xu, Weiwei Huang, Chaoyang Wang, Shang‐Sen Chi, Jun Wang, Gull Mehak, Yonghong Deng	2023	22
11	3D host-guest material of {Ag(pz)} modified {BW12O40} with supercapacitor, photocatalytic dye degradation and H2O2 sensing performances Journal of Solid State Chemistry ·Zijian Song, 陈松宽, Ning Kang, Kai Yu, Jinghua Lv, Baibin Zhou	2023	7
12	System-level seismic fragility of high-speed railway track-bridge system with component-replaceable U-shaped combined steel damper Structures ·Liqiang Jiang, Г. М. Рудницкий, 則夫吉田, Lizhong Jiang, Kai Yu, Sonia Kaestner	2023	15
13	Effects of shear panel dampers on seismic response mitigation of high-speed railway simply supported bridge-track system under far-field and near-field ground motions Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering ·Liqiang Jiang, Kai Yu, Lizhong Jiang, 則夫吉田, Yi Hu, Sonia Kaestner	2023	16
14	Advances in bismuth-based non-centrosymmetric materials as polarization-enhanced photocatalysts for environmental remediation and energy conversion Chemical Engineering Journal ·Katsuhiro Nakae, Han Yu, Kai Yu	2023	26
15	Green Synthesis of Size-Tunable Iron Oxides and Iron Nanoparticles in a Salt Matrix ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Mai Thanh Nguyen, Kai Yu, Tomoharu Tokunaga, A. A. Bazhetskaya, Soorathep Kheawhom, Masashi Arita, Tetsu Yonezawa	2019	15
16	Activation and degradation of open reading frame 45 by the replication and transcription activator of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus Journal of General Virology ·Ying Wang, Charles Wood, Kai Yu, Yuying Guo, Tembot, Jinzhong Wang, Sergio Miguel Martín	2015	4
17	Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in crumb tyre rubber catalysed by rutile TiO₂under UV irradiation Environmental Technology ·Kai Yu, Xiang Qiang Bai, Lan‐Lan Lou, Yue Chang, Darwin E. Reiswig, S. Araki, Shuangxi Liu	2014	19
18	A non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production Nature Communications ·Cheng‐Tar Wu, Kai Yu, Fenglin Liao, Neil P. Young, Peter D. Nellist, Andrew J. Dent, Anna Kroner, Shik Chi Edman Tsang	2012	77
19	Non-syngas direct steam reforming of methanol to hydrogen and carbon dioxide at low temperature Nature Communications ·Kai Yu, A. Caira, Adam H. C. West, Sung Choi Y, Tong Li, G.D.W. Smith, Yanglong Guo, Shik Chi Edman Tsang	2012	156
20	Geometric and electronic effects on hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde over unsupported Pt-based nanocrystals Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Lawrence Kolopajlo, Jose M. den Hollander, Kai Yu, Hongwei Yang, Shik Chi Edman Tsang	2011	63

About Kai Yu

Kai Yu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Process Chemistry and Technology, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 129 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (25 papers), Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (24 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (21 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (21 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (17 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (12 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Process Chemistry and Technology (843 citations), Catalysis (1.2k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2.2k citations), Materials Chemistry (3.7k citations) and Energy Engineering and Power Technology (241 citations). Kai Yu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Shik Chi Edman Tsang, Shuangxi Liu, Lan‐Lan Lou, Joseph Gabriel, Tong Li, Chun Wong Aaron Chan, Simon C. Jones, Emmanuelle A. Marquis, Paul A.J. Bagot and Karaked Tedsree. Their work appears in journals such as Catalysis Letters, Catalysis Today, Catalysis Communications, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and Chemical Engineering Journal.

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